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From: revpk@cellar.UUCP (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Reading 8-bit disks with an ST
Message-ID: <6DB632w164w@cellar.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jun 91 00:33:16 GMT
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        I've got several megs' worth of old and very important text files on 
floppy disks, leftovers from when I used an 8-bit Atari. Now that I have an 
ST, I'd really like to be able to bring the text into my new machine and 
transfer it to 720K floppies.

        Can anyone either outline or recommend a way for me to work up a 
quick transfer system? Is it possible to hitch an old 810 disk drive to an 
ST, and read ASCII files from it>

        Advice-- and especially a solution-- would be greatly appreciated.


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Brian Siano, aka      [ "Mr. A. Hitler, the old Nazi thing, says      
                      [ Mickey's silly. Imagine that! Well, Mickey is 
Rev. Philosopher-King [ going to save Mr. A. Hitler from drowning or  
                      [ something some day. Just wait and see if he   
 revpk@cellar.UUCP    [ doesn't. Then won't Mr. A. Hitler be ashamed!"
                      [ -- Walt Disney, 1933.                         
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